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Financial News profiles five potential candidates at Nomura who could fill the vacancy left by John Phizackerley, the former Lehman Brothers banker whose departure as head of the Japanese bank’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa came to light yesterday.

None of the bankers named in this article responded to enquiries for comment in time for publication. Nomura declined to comment.

• Steve Ashley
Head of global markets

Ashley, a rising star at Nomura, has received a number of promotions since he joined the bank in May 2010. He joined as global head of rates, but was swiftly promoted the following July to run the bank’s global macro products business from London. Six months later, he secured another promotion to head of fixed income and by December 2012 he was announced as head of global markets. He could be considered to take on Phizackerley's duties in addition to his current role. He is a former rates trader at Royal Bank of Scotland.

• Gary Cottle
Head of global markets for Emea

Cottle has made an impression at Nomura since joining in August last year as a managing director and head of fixed income for Emea. Five months after joining he was promoted to his current role and last week was awarded the title of senior managing director, according to a Nomura statement. Cottle has over 20 years of experience in the industry and joined the Japanese bank from RBS, where he was global head of sales for corporate and government related clients.

• Charles Pitts-Tucker
Joint international head of investment banking, head of investment banking for Emea

Pitts-Tucker was promoted from co-head of the European investment banking division to his current role in June last year. He replaced outgoing head William Vereker. He was also promoted to senior managing director last week; Cottle and Pitts-Tucker were the only two non-Japanese executives that received the promotion. He joined Nomura from Lehman Brothers, where he ran European corporate and leveraged finance and received $13.5m in pay and bonuses between 2005 and 2007, according to documents released last year by US law firm Jenner and Block.

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Dufournier used to co-head the global finance business with Pitts-Tucker, but is now sole head of the business. Another of Nomura’s former Lehmanites, he was co-head of global finance in Europe at the now defunct firm and was paid $13.5m between 2005 and 2007, according to the Jenner and Block report.

• Yasuo Kashiwagi
Interim CEO of Emea

Kashiwagi is the interim replacement for Phizackerley. Kashiwagi was named chief operating officer for Emea in April 2011 and is a senior corporate managing director of Nomura Holdings as well as a member of the Emea executive management committee. He is one of the bank’s 70 senior managing directors.